Barrel or drum construction



J. L. WALKER.

BARREL 0R. DRUM CONSTRUCTION.

APPL|CATION FILED JUNE 11. I92l.

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than vr rte JOSEPH L. WALKER, OF BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR TO K-D 2.5.BREL AND HAMPER 00., 01* BATON RGUGE, LOUISIANA.

BARREL 0R DRUM CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed June 11,

To all whomit may concern.

Be it known that I, Josnrn L. WALKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baton Rouge, in the parish of East Baton Rouge and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Barrel or Drum Construction of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a barrel or drum construction and more especially to devices of this character formed of veneer.

It is an object of the present invention to so construct the staves of the barrel or drum or the strips forming the heads thereof or both the staves and the head strips that they will yieldingly press together at their points of connection at all times so as to provide sealed joints which insure proper retention of any materials such as flour, sugar or the like that may be contained in the barrel or drum.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter de scribed and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

11 the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings- Figure l is an end elevation showing several of the numbers of the drum or barrel separated prior to being assembled.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing them assembled.

Figure 3 is a view showing the said 1nen1- bers assembled to produce a rounded body such as that produced by the staves of a barrel or drum. 7

Referring to the figures y characters of reference 1 designates strips of veneer and each strip has its opposed edges beveled in opposite directions as indicated at 2, the outwardly converging faces provided by these beveled edges being preferably concaved slightly as shown. If the strips are to be assembled for the purpose of forming a barrel head or the like they are left fiat and placed in lapped relation as shown in Figure 1. The lapping portions are then pressed together and the strips secured to 1921. Serial No. 476,855.

cross members 3 by means of' brass 4 or in any other suitable manner. By thus pressing together the strips of veneer the outer portion of each lap shown in Figures 1 and 2 will be pressed upwardly by the inner portion of the lap, this outward bending resulting in the binding of the lapping portions tightly together, the outer portion of the lap being slightly curved so as to conform with the curvature of the inner portion of the lap as shown in Figure 2. Consequently a tight joint is provided between the strips 1 and as there is always a pressure between the strips at the points where they lap, it will be obvious that leakage of material between the strips at these points will be prevented. The staves of a barrel or the like can be similarly constructed and such staves have been shown at 5 in Figure 3. These staves are constructed similarly to the strips 1, it being understood that one longitudinal edge ofv each stave will be pressed outwardly by the adjoining edge of the adj acent stave so that the parts will lap and press together constantly as shown at 6 in Figure 3, all of the stavesbeing suitably secured to one or more hoops 7.

Obviously by providing a container with its parts constructed and assembled as set forth, tight joints are insured and the container will thus be capable of holding all kinds of material without danger of waste.

What is claimed is 1. A container including strips of veneer each having its outer face beveled along opposed longitudinal edges, said bevels being concaved, the concaved bevel along one edge of each strip lapping and contacting with the inner face of the next adjoining strip.

2. In a container a plurality of strips of veneer or the like, said strips having their outer faces beveled along opposed edges to provide outwardly converging faces slightly concaved, the beveled portions of the strips being disposed in lapped relation, and means for holding the strips flush with one beveled portion of each strip flexed and held by a beveled portion of the next adjoining strip thereby to provide constant pressure between the lapping portions of the strips.

3. In a barrel or similar container a plurality of strips of veneer or the like having their outer faces beveled along oppose d edges and said beveled portions being slightly concaved, the beveled port-ions of st ips heing disposed in lapped relation, iiastening the strips together g U V L J 1 with men: 001" "pending races substantially flush i'wrelr-g; to huh], one beveled portion 0t each st I constantly pressed against and ii 113 71 H m n 4: g} A 7-- necr l time. my (1 owe eu 90101011 Or 1c 1101; ad oining strip, to semi the oint between the strips.

i1 veneer container COIOTOPlSlDg separate trips each hLVlng its outer face beveled uong oppesed edges, said bevels being c0n- :eved. transversely the said strlns being ast-einbled 1n lapped relation with one con cave beveled, portion of each strip 111 contact with the inner surface of one edge portion of the next adjoining strip thereh'y to hold said edge portion flexed substantially to ceni'orm with the contour of he conczwed hev' eled portion engaged. thereby and means for holding the strips together.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of tWo witnesses.

OSEPH L. W ALKER.

Witnesses ivy E. SIMPSON, flexes ROCKELLT. 

